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Both waves travel along Earth's surface and decrease in amplitude with depth below the surface.
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How many waves are produced in one second?
It depends (IS) the frequency of the waves.
What is another two syllable word for waves?
Ripple.
How can you find the frequency of a transverse wave by counting?
Count the number of waves passing a point in one second. That is frequency. Or count waves for 10 seconds and divide by 10.
To find the distances between two distant objects without the use of trigonometry?
It depends on the objects, how far apart they are and whether or not one can be seen from the other. If they are moderately far apart, echo location (sonar or radar) located at one of the objects can be used. A beam of radio or sound waves is aimed at the object and the time taken to receive an echo is measured. Since the speed of radio waves or sound waves in the relevant medium is known, the distance travelled by these waves can be calculated. The distance to the object is then half the calculated distance (the waves have to go there and come back).
What does time-distance graph of seismic waves show?
Comparison of waves going through the solid inner core and those just skimming it can show the rotation of the inner core.
Why are the waves longitudinal in fluids?
because the surface of water is horizontal and not vertical.........................
When a person throws a stone into water why are circular waves formed rather than transverse waves?
Simple answer:When a stone is thrown into quiet water, the circular waves that are formed are transverse waves. We say the waves are circular because the shape of the wave front is circular and we say it is transverse because the surface disturbance is vertical, perpendicular plane of the surface in which the wave moves.The waves have both properties of being circular and transverse.More Explanation:Transverse waves are waves where the direction of the oscillatory motion is perpendicular to the direction of propagation of the wave.The waves on the surface of water are a vertical motion of the water.The waves on the surface move on the surface, which is horizontal, so the propagation is in the horizontal direction.Horizontal is perpendicular to vertical, so circular water waves as well as linear water waves are transverse. Indeed, no matter what peculiar shape you produce, the water disturbance is vertical and the motion of propagation is restricted to the horizontal surface.
What is the vertical movement the surface of a body of water called?
waves
What is the vertical movement of the surface of a body water called?
waves
What happens to light that passes through a horizontal polarizing filter?
It blocks the waves vibrating on a vertical plane
What types of seismic waves produce the most damage during an earthquake?
Surface waves (e.g. Rayleigh waves, Love waves) that produce vertical motion of the ground surface produce the most damage during an earthquake.
What is vertical and horizontal polarization?
Light acts like both a particle and a wave. These particle-waves are oriented in random directions. Polarisation filters basically filter out the randomly oriented waves, and ensure that only light that is 'polarized' in a certain direction can pass through.Horizontal polarisation is when the light waves are oriented horizontally, and vertical is when the waves are vertical. The same princaple applies to the whole EM spectrum.
What do primary and surface waves have in common?
Both waves travel along Earth's surface and decrease in amplitude with depth below the surface.
What is polarization of waves?
polarization of wave means to allow in one particular direction either it may be a horizontal or vertical and block other direction
What is the highest amplitude on a seismograph?
surface waves
Can a seismograph measure vertical waves or just horizontal waves?
A seismograph is the output of a seismometer. Seismometers can be oriented to measure vertical, north-south, and east-west motion (or anything in-between if it were so desired). Some modern seismometers include three instruments in a single unit for this purpose.
What is the vertical movement of the surface of a body of water called?
a water fall
